Extracting lunar ice from the bottom of sun-shy craters is deserving of attention. But how much will that cost, what is the quality of the ice and how much of
it is available?
Resource-assessment techniques are required before space mining can become a reality
Ping.
“Kestay pointed to the USGS’ increased responsibility for the Landsat satellites, a venerable series of Earth-observing spacecraft. The USGS is now considered one of the U.S. space agencies, he said.
“The USGS realized that our congressional mandate to assess natural resources extends to space,” Kestay said. “
Yes, if you are included in the satellites designed to map earth, that is clearly a congressional mandate to go to Golden Colorado with a group of you to assess mining minerals in asteroids in space.
This is a bureaucratic fun trip junket to go play in Colorado.
